Griffith University- MD Anderson Cancer Centre – Molecular Pathology Symposium

Preliminary Programme

Sat   September 11, 2016

Registration and tea: 9:00 to 9:15 am         Welcome and Opening Remarks

9.15 to 9:30 am                          Alfred Lam  Breast Pathology  

9:30 to 10:00 am 

Invasive Breast Carcinomas: Histologic and Molecular Classification in the Era of Personalized therapy.                                        Yun Wu

10:00 to 10:30 am

Prognostic and Predictive Markers in Breast Cancer: What the Pathologist can do Before Molecular Testing Takes Over.                        Constance Albarracin 

Tea: 10:30 to 11:00 am

Gynaecological Pathology

11:00 to 11:30 am 

Challenging Endometrial Cancer Subtypes and Molecular Testing of Newly Diagnosed Endometrial Carcinoma.                              Preetha Ramalingam

11:30 to 12: 00 am 

Hereditary Ovarian Cancer: Tissue Handling, Histologic Features and Molecular Concepts.                                              Preetha Ramalingam

Lunch 12:00 to 1:30 pm

Head/neck pathology

1:30 to 2:15 pm

Sinonasal carcinoma: phenotypic and molecular characterization - New WHO Classification updates                                             Diana Bell 

2:15 to 2:45 pm

Viral-associated pharyngeal and sinonasal carcinoma- the MDA multidisciplinary approach/ cross-talk of surgery- pathology”.          Shirley Su & Diana Bell

Afternoon tea - 2:45 to 3:15pm

Interactive forum Alfred Lam & panels  

3:15 to 4pm

How much pathologist know about molecular pathology and case discussion 

Sunday   Sept 12, 2016 

Gastrointestinal Pathology   

9:00-9:30 am

Phenotypic, immunohistochemical, and molecular considerations in diagnosing gastrointestinal cancers:                                Susan Abraham

Dermatopatholoy  

9:30 to 10.00 am

Update in the Diagnosis of Melanoma and the Increasing Role of Molecular Testing. Carlos Torres-Cabala 

10:00 to 10:30am

Genetic pathology

Update in current status of liquid biopsy in cancer management        Rossa Chiu

Tea – 10:30 to 11:00 am

11:00 to 11:45 am                              Alfred Lam and panels  

Interactive forum and case discussions

11:45 to 12:00 noon

Closing remarks                                        Alfred Lam